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Eastern prince in odd places — that's a long story (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

epic

'a long story' is the definition.
(eg an epic poem)

'eastern prince in odd places' is the wordplay.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'in odd places' indicates alternate letters (only odd-numbered letters).
The alternating letters of 'prince' are 'pic'.
'e'+'pic'='EPIC'

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for epic that I've seen before include "Long, heroic story" , "Of heroic proportions" , "Impressively great" , "Long poem telling of great events" , "Long poem, book, film" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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